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Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Osteoglossiformes
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family
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Arapaimidae
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genus
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Heterotis
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species
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Heterotis niloticus
Name
- Synonyms
- Clupisudis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Heterotis adansonii (Cuvier, 1829)
- Heterotis ehrenbergii Valenciennes, 1847
- Sudis adansonii Cuvier, 1829
- Sudis niloticus Cuvier, 1829
- Sudis niloticus Rüppell, 1829
- Homonyms
- Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Common names
- Aafrika kontkeel in Estonian
- Afo in Yoruba
- African arowana in language.
- African arowana in English
- African bonytongue in English
- African bonytongue in English
- African bonytongue in English
- African bonytongue in English
- African bonytongue in language.
- Afrikanarapaima in Finnish
- Afrikansk knogletunge in Danish
- Aika in Yoruba
- Akau in language.
- Alapa in Yoruba
- Bahli in Hausa
- Bakkata in language.
- Bala in language.
- Balde in language.
- Bali in Hausa
- Balli in Hausa
- Balli in Hausa
- Bargi in Hausa
- Begigi in Hausa
- Berigi in Hausa
- Bony tongue in English
- Bony tongue in English
- Congo ya sika in language.
- Dan shakata in Hausa
- Dese in language.
- Dugande in language.
- Efa in Ewe
- Egogi in language.
- Ekeu in language.
- Fa in Ewe
- Faanan in language.
- Fana in Bambara
- Fana in Bambara
- Fanntang in language.
- Fanntang in Swedish
- Fantang nilský in Czech
- Heterotis in English
- Heterotis in Polish
- Kano in Yoruba
- Katakpi in language.
- Kawi in Kanuri
- Kawouro in language.
- Klupisudis in Estonian
- Kodo in language.
- Kondo in language.
- Kpokpo in Igbo
Bibliographic References
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.